diff --git a/apis/libai.lua b/apis/libai.lua
index 2ecb08e..42147ba 100644
--- a/apis/libai.lua
+++ b/apis/libai.lua
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ local function createAi(opts)
 
   local httpLib = opts.http or http;
   local settingsLib = opts.settings or settings;
-  local sleepFunc = opts.sleep or sleep;
+  local eventloopFactory = opts.eventloop or require('/apis/eventloop');
   local nowFunc = opts.now or nowSeconds;
 
   local api = {};
@@ -267,27 +267,44 @@ local function createAi(opts)
   local doPost;
 
   local function pollMessage(cfg, sessionId, messageId, persist)
+    local loop = eventloopFactory();
     local deadline = nowFunc() + cfg.pollTimeoutSeconds;
-    while true do
+    local resultOk, resultValue;
+
+    local function finish(ok, value)
+      resultOk, resultValue = ok, value;
+      loop.stopLoop();
+    end
+
+    local function attempt()
       local body, code = doGet(cfg, '/session/' .. sessionId .. '/message');
-      if not body then return false, code; end
-      if code == 404 then return handleMissingSession(persist); end
+      if not body then return finish(false, code); end
+      if code == 404 then
+        local ok, value = handleMissingSession(persist);
+        return finish(ok, value);
+      end
       if code and code ~= 200 then
-        return false, 'erreur message: HTTP ' .. tostring(code);
+        return finish(false, 'erreur message: HTTP ' .. tostring(code));
       end
 
       local messages = textutils.unserializeJSON(body);
-      if type(messages) ~= 'table' then return false, 'reponse message invalide'; end
+      if type(messages) ~= 'table' then
+        return finish(false, 'reponse message invalide');
+      end
       local decoded = findAssistantMessage(messages, messageId);
       local reply = decoded and extractTextParts(decoded.parts) or '';
       if decoded and reply ~= '' and isMessageComplete(decoded) then
-        return true, { reply = reply, sessionId = sessionId, messageId = messageId };
+        return finish(true, { reply = reply, sessionId = sessionId, messageId = messageId });
       end
       if nowFunc() >= deadline then
-        return false, 'delai depasse en attendant la reponse AI';
+        return finish(false, 'delai depasse en attendant la reponse AI');
       end
-      sleepFunc(cfg.pollIntervalSeconds);
+      loop.setTimeout(attempt, cfg.pollIntervalSeconds);
     end
+
+    loop.setTimeout(attempt, 0);
+    loop.runLoop();
+    return resultOk, resultValue;
   end
 
   local function buildHeaders(cfg)
diff --git a/docs/adrs/README.md b/docs/adrs/README.md
index 3e466d6..70ee1d2 100644
--- a/docs/adrs/README.md
+++ b/docs/adrs/README.md
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Future ADRs can reuse the shape of the existing files when it is useful.
 - [`adr-0011-git-hooks-own-commit-push-verification.md`](adr-0011-git-hooks-own-commit-push-verification.md) - Git hooks own commit/push verification.
 - [`adr-0012-headless-craftos-pc-as-hypothesis-probe.md`](adr-0012-headless-craftos-pc-as-hypothesis-probe.md) - Headless CraftOS-PC as the canonical hypothesis probe (rename `just craftos` → `just trapos`, add vanilla `just craftos`).
 - [`adr-0013-markdown-link-syntax-for-cross-references.md`](adr-0013-markdown-link-syntax-for-cross-references.md) - Cross-reference markdown files with `[]()` syntax (so lychee can validate them).
+- [`adr-0014-prefer-eventloop-settimeout-over-os-sleep.md`](adr-0014-prefer-eventloop-settimeout-over-os-sleep.md) - Prefer `eventloop.setTimeout` over `os.sleep` in application code.
diff --git a/docs/adrs/adr-0014-prefer-eventloop-settimeout-over-os-sleep.md b/docs/adrs/adr-0014-prefer-eventloop-settimeout-over-os-sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7004a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/adrs/adr-0014-prefer-eventloop-settimeout-over-os-sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# ADR 0014: Prefer `eventloop.setTimeout` Over `os.sleep` In Application Code
+
+## Status
+
+Accepted
+
+## Date
+
+2026-06-09
+
+## Context
+
+[ADR-0002](adr-0002-use-eventloop-for-async-code.md) made [`apis/eventloop.lua`](../../apis/eventloop.lua) the
+default substrate for async behavior. The eventloop drives a single
+`os.pullEventRaw` loop and dispatches every event to registered handlers and
+timer callbacks.
+
+`os.sleep` looks innocent but breaks that contract. Its CC:Tweaked
+implementation yields the coroutine via `os.pullEvent("timer")`. While the
+sleep is in flight:
+
+- The enclosing `os.pullEventRaw` of the eventloop is paused; nothing else
+  runs in that coroutine.
+- Non-`timer` events that arrive are silently discarded by `os.pullEvent` —
+  so handlers registered through the eventloop miss them entirely.
+- Even `eventloop.setTimeout` callbacks scheduled before the sleep cannot
+  fire until the sleep returns, because their timer events are consumed by
+  the sleep filter.
+
+This bit `apis/libai.lua` `pollMessage`, which used a sleep-based throttle
+between HTTP polls. The function looked synchronous and stand-alone, but
+the moment a caller invoked `libai.ask` from inside a handler — exactly the
+composition [ADR-0002](adr-0002-use-eventloop-for-async-code.md)
+encourages — the whole event loop froze for the duration of every poll
+interval.
+
+[`apis/net.lua`](../../apis/net.lua) `sendRequest` already shows the right
+pattern: create a private eventloop, schedule the wait through
+`setTimeout`, then `runLoop` until the work resolves. From the caller's
+perspective the function is still synchronous; internally, the dispatcher
+of timer events stays alive and arbitrary other handlers can be composed
+around it via `parallel.waitForAll`.
+
+## Decision
+
+In library, server, and program code that may run inside an eventloop
+(directly or transitively), use `eventloop.setTimeout` for any waiting,
+throttling, polling, or retry-with-delay. Libraries that need to temporize
+must take an eventloop factory through their constructor (the way
+`apis/net` does) rather than baking a hardcoded sleep call.
+
+`os.sleep` remains acceptable only in narrow cases:
+
+1. One-shot programs that are purely sequential and register no event
+   handlers — a `programs/foo.lua` that prints, sleeps, prints again, and
+   exits.
+2. `parallel.waitForAny(task, function() sleep(t); end)` used as an
+   isolated guard to bound an inner task (e.g. the AI Lua-exec sandbox in
+   `apis/libai.lua` and the `parallel.waitForAny`-driven per-case timer in
+   `apis/libtest.lua`). The guard sleep is private to its own coroutine
+   group; it does not block anything external.
+3. Tests that are themselves driven by `libtest`'s per-case timeout (see
+   [ADR-0009](adr-0009-layered-test-timeouts.md)).
+
+New code must not expose a `sleep` injection point on its constructor. If
+a wait is needed, accept an `eventloop` factory and schedule through
+`setTimeout`. Tests substitute a synchronous deterministic eventloop fake
+the same way they substitute `http` or `settings`.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- Slightly more ceremony in "synchronous-looking" functions that wait: a
+  private eventloop plus a small `attempt`/`finish` pair. The benefit is
+  that the function composes cleanly with any caller's eventloop.
+- Test fakes shift from a `sleep` stub to a synchronous eventloop double.
+  Ergonomics are comparable; the eventloop fake additionally lets tests
+  observe `pending` and `stopped` state, catching leaks the sleep stub
+  would have missed.
+- Existing call sites are migrated opportunistically when they cause
+  observable bugs. The first migration is `apis/libai.lua`.
+
+## References
+
+- [ADR-0002](adr-0002-use-eventloop-for-async-code.md) — use eventloop for async code.
+- [ADR-0009](adr-0009-layered-test-timeouts.md) — layered test timeouts (the `parallel.waitForAny` guard exception).
+- [`apis/net.lua`](../../apis/net.lua) `sendRequest` — canonical private-eventloop pattern.
+- [`apis/libai.lua`](../../apis/libai.lua) `pollMessage` — first migration.
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index d6fab76..332ca56 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "TrapOS",
-  "version": "0.6.4",
+  "version": "0.7.0",
   "branch": "next",
   "packages": [
     "trapos"
diff --git a/packages/index.json b/packages/index.json
index be34388..5fa9258 100644
--- a/packages/index.json
+++ b/packages/index.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     "trapos-boot": "0.2.2",
     "trapos-net": "0.2.1",
     "trapos-ui": "0.2.2",
-    "trapos-ai": "0.5.3",
+    "trapos-ai": "0.6.0",
     "trapos-sandbox": "0.1.0",
-    "trapos": "0.6.4"
+    "trapos": "0.7.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/trapos-ai/ccpm.json b/packages/trapos-ai/ccpm.json
index 559803d..21b76a3 100644
--- a/packages/trapos-ai/ccpm.json
+++ b/packages/trapos-ai/ccpm.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trapos-ai",
-  "version": "0.5.3",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "description": "TrapOS AI client for opencode serve",
   "dependencies": ["trapos-core"],
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/trapos/ccpm.json b/packages/trapos/ccpm.json
index cabb747..2f437aa 100644
--- a/packages/trapos/ccpm.json
+++ b/packages/trapos/ccpm.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trapos",
-  "version": "0.6.4",
+  "version": "0.7.0",
   "description": "TrapOS full install meta-package",
   "dependencies": ["trapos-boot", "trapos-net", "trapos-ui", "trapos-test", "trapos-ai"],
   "files": [],
diff --git a/tests/ai.lua b/tests/ai.lua
index 3bdf116..b2ca2c0 100644
--- a/tests/ai.lua
+++ b/tests/ai.lua
@@ -66,6 +66,41 @@ local function httpError(code, body)
   end;
 end
 
+-- Synchronous deterministic eventloop double for tests.
+-- setTimeout drains FIFO; runLoop runs until pending is empty or stopLoop fires.
+-- Returns (factory, state). state.sleeps accumulates every delay passed across
+-- all loops; state.lastLoop exposes the most recent loop for pending/stopped
+-- assertions.
+local function fakeEventloopFactory()
+  local state = { sleeps = {}, lastLoop = nil };
+  local function factory()
+    local pending = {};
+    local stopped = false;
+    local api = {};
+    function api.setTimeout(fn, delay)
+      state.sleeps[#state.sleeps + 1] = delay;
+      pending[#pending + 1] = fn;
+      return function() end;
+    end
+    function api.runLoop()
+      stopped = false;
+      while not stopped and #pending > 0 do
+        local fn = table.remove(pending, 1);
+        fn();
+      end
+    end
+    function api.stopLoop() stopped = true; end
+    function api.onStart(fn) fn(); end
+    function api.onStop() return function() end; end
+    function api.inspect()
+      return { pending = pending, stopped = stopped };
+    end
+    state.lastLoop = api;
+    return api;
+  end
+  return factory, state;
+end
+
 local function sessionResp(id)
   return response(200, textutils.serializeJSON({ id = id, title = 'cc-ai' }));
 end
@@ -307,12 +342,12 @@ testlib.test('ask polls async message until completion', function()
     }
   );
   local settingsStub = fakeSettings({ ['opencc.server_url'] = 'http://host' });
-  local sleeps = {};
+  local elFactory, elState = fakeEventloopFactory();
   local ai = createAi({
     http = httpStub,
     settings = settingsStub,
     now = function() return 10; end,
-    sleep = function(n) sleeps[#sleeps + 1] = n; end,
+    eventloop = elFactory,
   });
 
   local ok, result = ai.ask('hello', { messageId = 'msg_1', pollIntervalSeconds = 3 });
@@ -322,7 +357,9 @@ testlib.test('ask polls async message until completion', function()
   testlib.assertEquals(result.messageId, 'msg_1');
   testlib.assertEquals(#httpStub.getCalls, 2);
   testlib.assertTrue(string.find(httpStub.getCalls[1].url, '/session/ses_1/message', 1, true) ~= nil);
-  testlib.assertEquals(sleeps[1], 3);
+  -- First setTimeout fires the initial attempt (delay 0); second waits the poll interval.
+  testlib.assertEquals(elState.sleeps[1], 0);
+  testlib.assertEquals(elState.sleeps[2], 3);
 end);
 
 testlib.test('ask polling times out', function()
@@ -335,11 +372,22 @@ testlib.test('ask polling times out', function()
   );
   local settingsStub = fakeSettings({ ['opencc.server_url'] = 'http://host' });
   local now = 0;
+  local elFactory, elState = fakeEventloopFactory();
+  -- Advance virtual time on every scheduled delay so the deadline is reached.
+  local advancingFactory = function()
+    local loop = elFactory();
+    local origSet = loop.setTimeout;
+    loop.setTimeout = function(fn, delay)
+      now = now + (delay or 0);
+      return origSet(fn, delay);
+    end
+    return loop;
+  end;
   local ai = createAi({
     http = httpStub,
     settings = settingsStub,
     now = function() return now; end,
-    sleep = function(n) now = now + n; end,
+    eventloop = advancingFactory,
   });
 
   local ok, err = ai.ask('hello', {
@@ -351,6 +399,112 @@ testlib.test('ask polling times out', function()
   testlib.assertTrue(not ok);
   testlib.assertTrue(string.find(err, 'delai depasse', 1, true) ~= nil);
   testlib.assertEquals(#httpStub.getCalls, 2);
+  testlib.assertTrue(elState.lastLoop.inspect().stopped);
+  testlib.assertEquals(#elState.lastLoop.inspect().pending, 0);
+end);
+
+testlib.test('ask polling does not call os.sleep', function()
+  local httpStub = fakeHttp(
+    { sessionResp('ses_1'), asyncResp() },
+    {
+      messageListResp({ userMessage('msg_1', 'hello'), assistantMessage('msg_2', 'partial', false) }),
+      messageListResp({ userMessage('msg_1', 'hello'), assistantMessage('msg_2', 'reply', true) }),
+    }
+  );
+  local settingsStub = fakeSettings({ ['opencc.server_url'] = 'http://host' });
+  local elFactory = fakeEventloopFactory();
+  local originalSleep = _G.sleep;
+  local sleepCalls = 0;
+  _G.sleep = function(n) sleepCalls = sleepCalls + 1; originalSleep(n); end
+  local ai = createAi({
+    http = httpStub,
+    settings = settingsStub,
+    now = function() return 10; end,
+    eventloop = elFactory,
+  });
+
+  local ok = ai.ask('hello', { messageId = 'msg_1', pollIntervalSeconds = 3 });
+  _G.sleep = originalSleep;
+
+  testlib.assertTrue(ok);
+  testlib.assertEquals(sleepCalls, 0);
+end);
+
+testlib.test('pollMessage stops the private loop on success', function()
+  local httpStub = fakeHttp(
+    { sessionResp('ses_1'), asyncResp() },
+    {
+      messageListResp({ userMessage('msg_1', 'hi'), assistantMessage('msg_2', 'reply', true) }),
+    }
+  );
+  local settingsStub = fakeSettings({ ['opencc.server_url'] = 'http://host' });
+  local elFactory, elState = fakeEventloopFactory();
+  local ai = createAi({
+    http = httpStub,
+    settings = settingsStub,
+    now = function() return 0; end,
+    eventloop = elFactory,
+  });
+
+  local ok = ai.ask('hi', { messageId = 'msg_1' });
+
+  testlib.assertTrue(ok);
+  testlib.assertTrue(elState.lastLoop.inspect().stopped);
+  testlib.assertEquals(#elState.lastLoop.inspect().pending, 0);
+end);
+
+testlib.test('pollMessage stops cleanly on HTTP error mid-poll', function()
+  local httpStub = fakeHttp(
+    { sessionResp('ses_1'), asyncResp() },
+    {
+      messageListResp({ userMessage('msg_1', 'hi'), assistantMessage('msg_2', 'partial', false) }),
+      httpError(500, '{}'),
+    }
+  );
+  local settingsStub = fakeSettings({ ['opencc.server_url'] = 'http://host' });
+  local elFactory, elState = fakeEventloopFactory();
+  local ai = createAi({
+    http = httpStub,
+    settings = settingsStub,
+    now = function() return 0; end,
+    eventloop = elFactory,
+  });
+
+  local ok, err = ai.ask('hi', { messageId = 'msg_1', pollIntervalSeconds = 1, pollTimeoutSeconds = 60 });
+
+  testlib.assertTrue(not ok);
+  testlib.assertTrue(string.find(err, 'HTTP 500', 1, true) ~= nil);
+  testlib.assertTrue(elState.lastLoop.inspect().stopped);
+  testlib.assertEquals(#elState.lastLoop.inspect().pending, 0);
+end);
+
+testlib.test('pollMessage stops cleanly on 404 mid-poll', function()
+  local httpStub = fakeHttp(
+    { asyncResp() },
+    {
+      messageListResp({ userMessage('msg_1', 'hi'), assistantMessage('msg_2', 'partial', false) }),
+      response(404, '{}'),
+    }
+  );
+  local settingsStub = fakeSettings({
+    ['opencc.server_url'] = 'http://host',
+    ['opencc.session_id'] = 'ses_1',
+  });
+  local elFactory, elState = fakeEventloopFactory();
+  local ai = createAi({
+    http = httpStub,
+    settings = settingsStub,
+    now = function() return 0; end,
+    eventloop = elFactory,
+  });
+
+  local ok, err = ai.ask('hi', { messageId = 'msg_1', pollIntervalSeconds = 1, pollTimeoutSeconds = 60 });
+
+  testlib.assertTrue(not ok);
+  testlib.assertTrue(string.find(err, 'session introuvable', 1, true) ~= nil);
+  testlib.assertEquals(settingsStub.values['opencc.session_id'], nil);
+  testlib.assertTrue(elState.lastLoop.inspect().stopped);
+  testlib.assertEquals(#elState.lastLoop.inspect().pending, 0);
 end);
 
 testlib.test('ask rejects missing prompt without HTTP calls', function()